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REOULATIONS  FOR  THE   GOVERNMEN 


OF  THE  COLLEGE. 


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Form  No.  471 


Act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  North  Carolina  establishing  the 
Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  for  the  Colored  Race- 
Endowment  Acts  of  Congress 


By -LAWS 


ORDAINED    BV  THE 


BOTVR-D  OP  TRUSTEES 


Agricultural  and  MeGbamcal  (Mege&golored  RaGe 


RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 


MADE    BY   THE 


TRUSTEES    FOR   THE   ORGANIZATION    AND   GOVERNMENT 


AGRICULTURAL  AND  MECHANICAL  COLLEGE 


FOR  THE  COLORED   RACE. 


Reece  &  Elam,  Power  Printers,  Greensboro,  N.  C- 


1896. 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 


ist  Congressional  Dist., HUGH  C ALE,  Elizabeth  City,  N.  C. 


2nd  Congressional  Dist., W.  W.  LONG,  Littleton,  N.  C. 

3rd  Congressional  Dist., .H.  C.  TYSON,  Carthage,  N.  C. 


4th  Congressional  Dist, W.  F.  DEBNAM,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 


5th  Congressional  Dist.,  .THOMAS  B.  KEOGH,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 


6th  Congressional  Dist., . . .  .  J  AS.  F.  POST,  Jr.,  Wilmington,  N.  C. 


7th  Congressional    Dist., J.  B.  HOLM  AN,  Cool  Spring,  N.  C. 


8th  Congressional  Dist., E.  E.  GRAY,  Winston,  N.  C. 

9th  Congressional  Dist., W.  H.  M'CLURE,  Hayesville,  N.  C. 


OFFICERS. 

THOMAS  B.  KEOGH, President 

J.  B.  DUDLEY, Secretary 

R.  W.  MURRAY, Treasurer,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 


STANDING  COMMITTEES. 


EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE. 

Thomas  B.  Keogh,  Chairman. 

E.  E.  Gray,  W.  W.  Long, 

* W.  F.  Debnam, 


FINANCE  COMMITTEE. 

J.  B.  Holman,  Chairman. 
W.  H.  McClure.  H.  C.  Tyson. 


COMMITTEE  ON  BUILDINGS  AND  GROUNDS. 

Thomas  B.  Keogh,  Chairman. 

E.  E.  Gray.  W.  F.  Debnam. 


f£        *JAS.  B   DUDLEY,  Resigned. 


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RULES  AND  BY-LAWS 

ORDAINED  BY  THE 

BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

OF  THE 

Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College 

FOR  THE  COLORED  RACE. 


{Adopted  by  the  Board  of   Trustees  at  the  regular  meeting  May  2 Qth,  i8q5,  and  as 
amended  at  regular  meeting  May  — ,  i8qb.) 


1.  The  regular  meetings  ot  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  be  held 
on  the  second  Wednesday  of  May  and  the  third  Wednesday  of 
December  at  the  office  of  the  Board  in  the  city  of  Greensboro.  A 
majority  of  the  Board  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  Special  meetings 
may  be  called  by  the  President  upon  giving  ten  days  notice  to  each 
Trustee. 

Officers. 

2.  The  officers  of  the  Board  shall  be  a  President,  a  Secretary 
and  a  Treasurer.  The  Secretary  and  the  Treasurer  shall  be  elected 
at  the  meeting  in  May  and  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  or  until  a 
successor  is  elected.  In  the  event  of  the  failure  to  elect  any  of  the 
officers  at  the  regular  meeting  they  may  be  elected  at  any  subse- 
quent meeting  of  the  Board. 

The  President  shall  continue  in  office  during  his  term  as  Trustee, 
unless  removed  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  Trustees;  or  a  vacancy  in 
the  office  is  caused  by  death  or  resignation. 

Standing  Committees. 

3.  The  following  committees  shall  be  appointed,  viz:  An  Exec- 
utive Committee  of  five  members,  of  which  the  President  of  the 
Board  shall  be  one  ;  a  Finance  Committee  of  three  members,  and 
a  committee  on  Buildings  and  Grounds  composed  of  three  Trustees, 
including  the  President  of  the  Board. 


Executive  Committee. 

4.  The  Executive  Cofnmittee  shall  meet  on  the  day  preceding 
the  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  in  the  month  of  May  and  dispose 
of  all  matters  which  properly  come  before  it  for  submission  at  the 
said  regular  meeting  of  the  Board.  It  shall  consider  all  matters 
pertaining  to  the  interest  of  the  college,  and  shall  make  such  recom- 
mendations for  action  of  the  Board  as  may  be  advisable.  During 
the  interval  between  the  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  the 
Executive  Committee  shall  meet  at  the  call  of  the  Chairman  and 
exercise  the  powers  and  authority  of  the  Board.  All  of  the  acts  of 
the  Executive  Committee  shall  be  recorded  and  subject  to  review 
by  the  Board.  It  shall  receive  all  reports  of  the  officers  of  the 
college,  and  shall  submit  the  same  to  the  Board  with  its  recom- 
mendations in  the  premises.  Three  members  of  the  Committee 
shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

Finance  Committee. 

5.  The  Finance  Committee  shall  meet  at  the  call  of  its  Chair- 
man immediately  preceding  the  May  and  December  meetings  of  the 
Board,  and  shall  make  a  careful  examination  of  all  financial  matters 
of  the  Board  and  of  the  college.  It  shall  also  make  from  time  to 
time  such  recommendations  as  it  may  deem  necessary.  It  shall 
also  present  to  the  May  meeting  of  the  Board  an  estimate  of  the 
probable  income  and  expenditure  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Committee  on  Buildings    and   Grounds. 

6.  The  Committee  on  Buildings  and  Grounds  shall  meet  at  the 
call  of  the  Chairman  at  such  time  and  place  as  he  may  fix,  giving 
notice  at  least  one  week  in  advance.  This  Committee  shall  provide 
for  construction  and  erection  of  buildings  as  ordered  by  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  and  shall  order  necessary  repairs,  and  improvements 
for  the  protection  of  the  grounds. 

President. 

7.  The  President  of  the  Board  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of 
the  Board  and  act  as  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee.  The 
President  shall  have  power  to  call  the  Executive  Committee  together 
when   in  his  judgment    it    is    deemed    necessary,  giving  ten    days 


notice.  He  shall  countersign  all  vouchers,  and  perform  all  other 
duties  pertaining  to  his  office  which  may  be  imposed  upon  him  by 
the  Board.  All  contracts  in  writing  to  be  binding  on  the  Board  of 
Trustees  must  be  signed  by  the  President  and  the  Secretary  of  the 
Board. 

Secretary. 

8.  The  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  be  Secretary  ot 
the  Executive  Committee  and  shall  keep  a  full  and  accurate  record 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  Board  and  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
and  shall  as  soon  after  each  meeting  as  practicable  furnish  each 
officer  or  committee  a  synopsis  of  such  work  as  said  officer  or  com- 
mittee shall  be  charged  with  until  the  next  regular  meeting.  In  like 
manner  he  shall  also  advise  the  faculty  of  the  college  of  any  new 
duties  or  regulations  required  by  the  Board. 

Treasurer. 

9.  The  Treasurer  shall  keep  separate  accounts  of  moneys  re- 
ceived and  disbursed  from  the  funds  furnished  by  tho  United  States 
and  the  State  of  North  Carolina,  or  from  any  other  source.  He 
shall  keep  a  book  showing  proper  credits  and  separate  entries  of 
all  vouchers  paid  by  him.  He  shall  render  a  statement  ot  such 
accounts  whenever  specially  directed  to  do  so  by  the  Board  or  its 
President,  and  shall  also  furnish  regularly  quarterly  statements  to 
the  President  of  the  Board  on  the  first  days  of  January,  April,  July 
and  October,  of  each  year,  and  regular  semi-annual  statements  of 
such  accounts  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  at  the  May  and  December 
meetings  of  said  Board.  He  shall  be  the  custodian  of  such  valua- 
ble papers  as  may  be  deposited  with  him  by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Steward. 

10.  The  Board  shall  appoint  a  Steward  of  the  college  who  shall 
be  ex-officio  Auditor  of  all  the  accounts  relating  to  his  department. 

Bursar. 

11.  The  Board  shall  appoint  one  of  the  faculty  to  act  as  Bursar 
of  the  college. 


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Order  of  Business. 

The  order  of  business  shall  be  as  follows  : 

First,  calling  the  roll. 

Second,  reading  the  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting. 

Third,  reports  of  committees. 

Fourth,  reports  of  officers. 

Fifth,  election  of  Officers. 

Sixth,  unfinished  business. 

Seventh,  new  business. 


"Rules  and  "Regulations  for  the  College. 

i.  The  faculty  of  the  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  for 
the  Colored  Race  shall  be  composed  of  the  President  of  the  College 
and  the  professors  of  the  different  departments  of  the  college,  and 
the  President  of  the  college  who  shall  be  elected  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees  annually  for  a  peiiod  of  twelve  months  beginning  first 
day  of  July,  of  each  year,  shall  preside  over  the  faculty  A  major- 
ity of  the  faculty  being  assembled  in  regular  or  special  meeting 
shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business.  The 
Professors  shall  take  rank  according  to  the  date  of  their  appoint- 
ment, and  during  the  absence  of  the  President  from  the  college 
premises  the  Professor  of  senior  appointment  shall  be  presiding 
Professor  in  all  matters  in  and  about  the  college  and  shall  act  as 
President. 

2.  The  faculty  shall  meet  at  least  twice  a  month  at  a  stated  time 
to  be  fixed  by  them,  and  may  adjourn  their  meetings  from  time  to 
time.  Special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the  President  or  presid- 
ing Professor,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  President  or  presid- 
ing Professor  to  call  a  special  meeting  when  requested  so  to  do  by 
three  or  more  members  of  the  faculty.  Every  matter  brought 
before  the  faculty  shall  be  decided  by  a  vote  taken  viva  voce,  and 
it  shall  be  the  additional  privilege  of  the  President  or  presiding 
Professor  to  give  a  casting  vote  in  the  event  of  a  tie. 

3.  The  faculty  shall  elect  one  of  their  number  to  act  as  Secre- 
tary, who  shall  make  a  record  ot  all  their  procedings  in  a  book 
kept  for  that  purpose.  This  book  shall  at  all  times  be  open  to  in- 
spection by  any  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  He  shall  also 
act  as  Registrar  of  the  college. 


4.  The  Professors  and  instructors  shall,  in  succession  in  man- 
ner to  be  regulated  by  the  faculty,  examine  the  rooms  of  the  college 
and  dormitory  at  least  once  a  week  to  see  that  cleanliness  and 
neatness  are  preserved. 

5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  ot  each  Professor  and  instructor  when  he 
is  to  hear  a  class  recite  to  go  to  the  recitation  room  and  take  pos- 
session of  it  a  reasonable  time  before  the  hour  for  the  bell  to  ring; 
to  prevent  the  assemblage  of  students  before  the  proper  time,  and 
to  see  that  the  recitation  room  is  in  proper  condition  for  the  recep- 
tion of  the  class. 

6.  Matters  for  consideration  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  relating 
to  the  course  of  instruction  in  the  college,  or  its  management, 
government  and  control,  shall  be  considered  by  the  faculty  and 
voted  upon,  and  a  copy  of  the  record  of  action  thereon  shall  be 
transmitted  to  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  faculty. 

7.  The  taculty  shall  establish  a  system  of  marking  which  shall  be 
adhered  to  throughout  the  scholastic  year,  and  each  student  must 
be  rigidly  graded  according  to  this  system.  There  shall  be  an 
examination  of  each  class  at  the  end  of  each  term,  and  a  prelimi- 
nary examination  shall  be  made  at  the  option  of  the  Professor  or 
instructor  of  each  class. 

8.  The  President  of  the  college  or  in  his  absence  the  presiding 
Professor  shall  have  general  superintendence  of  the  college  and  its 
property,  and  shall  carefully  observe  the  work  of  instruction  and 
discipline,  and  see  that  the  course  of  study  laid  down  is  strictly 
pursued,  and  that  the  college  rules  and  regulations  are  enforced 
and  obeyed.  He  shall  from  time  to  time  examine  the  stores  of  the 
Steward,  and  the  meals  for  the  pupils;  and  see  that  they  are  sup- 
plied with  good  wholesome  food,  and  that  the  same  is  properly 
prepared,  and  report  any  cause  for  complaint  to  the  President  of 
the  Board.  The  President  shall  not  absent  himself  longer  than  one 
day  from  the  college  without  first  giving  notice  in  writing  to  the 
President  of  the  Board  ot  Trustees.  Any  member  of  the  faculty 
absenting  himself  from  the  college  for  more  than  one  day  shall 
notify  the  Registrar  who  shall  note  the  time,  and  report  to  the 
President  of  the  Board  at  the  end  of  each  session  the  time  so  taken. 
The  President  of  the  college  shall  be  present  at  all  meetings  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  and  shall  be  absent  from  the  same  only  when 


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excused  by  the  majority  of  said  Board;  provided  however  he  shall 
not  be  present  at  any  executive  session  of  said  Board  except  by  the 
consent  of  a  majority  of  said  Board. 

9.  The  Professor  in  charge  of  each  department  will  beheld 
responsible  for  its  efficiency  and. discipline,  the  grading  of  students, 
the  apportionment  of  studies,  and  shall  see  that  the  course  of  study 
;laid  down  for  the  department  is  strictly  followed.  Professors  and 
instructors  shall  not  interfere  with  work  in  departments  not  under 
-their  charge,    r  ■ 

10.  Each  Professor  shall  make  a  report  to  the  President  of  the 
college,  of  the  work  done  in  his  department  to  be  submitted  by  and 
through  him  to  the  Board  of  Trustees. at  the  regular  meeting  in  the 
month  of  May.  Such  Professor  in  his  said  report  may  make  any 
suggestion  as  to  the  condition  and  improvement  of  his  department 
tas  he  may  deem  appropriate.  He  shall  also  in  the  month  of  May 
of  each  year,  carefully  prepare  an  estimate  of  the  articles,  appara- 
tus, books  of  reference  and  other  things  necessary  for  use  in  his 
department  during  the  ensuing  year;  and  such  estimate  shall  be 
submitted  to  the  faculty  for  their  consideration,  to  be  by  them  in- 
cluded in  a  general  estimate  which  they  shall  submit  to  the  Board 
of  Trustees  at  the  regular  meeting  in  the  month  of  May.  No 
article,  no  apparatus,  no  books  of  reference  or  other  tilings  not 
contained  in  said  general  estimate  shall  be  purchased  except  by 
and  with  the  approval  of  the  Executive  Committee. 

n.  Professors  shall  be  elected  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  a 
period  of  twelve  months,  beginning  with  the  1st  day  of  July,  and 
they  are  expected  to  use  their  time  in  the  interest  of  the  college,  to 
the  exclusion  of  any  private  business  beyond  the  conduct  of  their 
personal  affairs.  And  to  the  end  that  zealous  and  able  instructors 
"may  be  secured  it  will  be  required  of  each,  during  vacation,  to  at- 
tend some  high  grade  Normal  School  in  line  with  the  course  of 
study  at  this  college,  and  to  file  with  the  President  of  the  Board  a 
certificate  of  such  attendance  before  the  opening  of  the  Fall  Term. 

Bursar. 

1.  All  warrants  on  the  Treasurer  shall  be  drawn  by  the  Bursar, 
approved  by  the  President  of  the  college  and  countersigned  by  the 
President  of  the  Board.  No  warrant  shall  issue  until  the  Bursar 
has  received  a  proper  voucher  acknowledging  payment,  and  such 
voucher  shall  be  numbered  and  attached  to  the  warrant. 


2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Bursar  to  receive  from  the  students 
money  they  may  deposit  on  account  of  board,  fees  and  necessary 
expenses.  He  shall  keep  an  account  of  all  money  received  and 
disbursed  for  each  student,  and  at  the  close  of  each  session  he  shall 
render  a  copy  of  the  account  so  kept,  to  the  parent  or  guardian, 
and  pay  the  balance,  if  any,  to  the  parent  or  guardian,  or  to  his  or 
her  order.  It  is  made  the  duty  of  the  Bursar  to  ascertain  as  near 
as  he  can  the  exact  amount  of  cost  of  board  of  students  per  capita 
each  month,  and  give  credit  to  the  student  for  any  amount  over- 
paid. .. 

3.  Each  student  on  arrival  at  college  shall  pay  to  the  Bursar  all. 
money  which  may  be  committed  to  him  for  payment  of  college 
expenses.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Bursar  at  the  beginning  of 
each  term  to  render  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Board  an  account  of 
all  money  received  from  students  for  deposit,  damages,  etc.,  and  at 
the  end  of  each  term  to  render  an  account  to  the  Treasurer  of  all 
disbursements  with  vouchers. 

4.  The  Bursar  will  also  receive  from  the  Board  ot  Trustees  on 
proper  warrant  from  time  to  time  money  to  pay  for  table  supplies, 
farm  and  college  expenses,  all  of  which  shall  be  accounted  for  to 
the  Treasurer  accompanied  with  vouchers. 

5.  The  Bursar  shall  render  to  the  President  of  the  Board  :of 
Trustees  itemized  monthly  statements  of  his  receipts  and  disburse- 
ments, and  to  secure  the  faithful  and  honest  discharge  of  his  duties 
as  Bursar,  he  shall  give  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  Five  Hundred  ($500) 
Dollars  with  sureties  approved  by  the  President  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees.  The  Bursar  shall  also  render  semi-annual  statements  of 
his  receipts  and  disbursements  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  at  the 
regular  May  and  December  meetings. 

The  Steward. 

1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Steward  to  purchase  all  table  sup- 
plies and  hire, servants  and  employees.  He  shall  direct  and.  con- 
trol the  male  servants  and  employees  in  his  department  and  he  will 
be  held  responsible  for  their  good  order  and  efficiency.  All  per- 
sons employed  by  him  will  be  subject  to  dismissal  at  any  time  by  the  . 
President  of  the  college  with  the  approval  of  the  President  of  the 
Board.  He  shall  keep  an  itemized  account  of  his  purchases  p.ncj 
approve .  .all  bills  which  are  presented   and  paid  by  the   Bursar  on 


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account  of  his  department.  He  shall  make  a  monthly  report  to  the 
President  of  the  college  containing  an  itemized  statement  of  his 
purchases,  and  shall  make  semi-annual  reports  of  the  same  to  the 
May  and  December  meetings  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

2.  Before  entering  upon  his  duties  the  Stewart  shall  in  the  pres- 
ence of  the  Bursar  make  a  list  or  inventory  of  all  personal  property 
which  is  to  come  into  his  custody  and  shall  receipt  for  the  same  to 
the  Board  of  Trustees.  He  will  be  held  responsible  for  all  such 
property,  and  must  report  on  the  same  at  the  end  of  each  month 
and  at  the  close  of  each  session  to  the  President  of  the  Board.  All 
personal  property  not  included  in  the  Matron's  list  will  be  in  charge 
ot  the  Steward. 

Librarian. 

i.  The  faculty  shall  elect  a  suitable  person  to  act  as  Librarian, 
who  will  have  charge  of  the  Library,  and  shall  be  subject  to  such 
rules  and  regulations  concerning  the  Library  as  may  be  made  by 
the  faculty. 

Matron. 

1.  The  Matron  shall  have  charge  of  the  domestic  concerns  of 
the  College,  and  shall  have  supervision  and  control  over  the  female 
students  at  all  times  except  when  at  recitations,  subject  to  direction 
of  the  President  of  the  college.  It  shall  be  her  duty  to  give  out  to 
servants  all  provisions  that  are  to  be  prepared  for  meals,  and  in  no 
case  permit  the  servants  to  go  into  the  store  room  except  in  her 
presence,  or  at  any  time  entrust  them  with  the  keys.  After  every 
meal  she  shall  give  attention  to  the  preservation  of  all  pantry  sup- 
plies. She  shall  personally  superintend  the  preparation  of  food  and 
guard  against  waste.  She  shall  see  that  the  meals  are  ready  at  the 
hour  appointed;  also  be  present  in  the  dining  room  during  meal 
times.  She  shall  not  let  the  keys  belonging  to  her  department  pass 
out  ot  her  hands  except  in  case  of  absolute  necessity,  and  then  only 
to  responsible  parties. 

2.  She  shall  visit  each  room  in  the  College,  and  see  that  it  is 
kept  neat  and  clean  and  is  properly  attended  to.  She  shall  enter 
in  a  book  kept  for  that  purpose  a  list  of  all  property  in  her  depart- 
ment, and  where  necessary  mark  articles  with  the  name  of  the  Col- 
lege  and  see   that  everything  is   carefully   preserved.     She   shall 


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receipt  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  all  property  placed  in  her  care 
She  shall  have  control  ol  all  the  servants  in  her  department,  and 
will  be  held  responsible  for  discipline  and  order  therein.  She  shall 
not  send  meals  out  of  the  dining  room  except  in  cases  of  sickness, 
nor  serve  meals  after  the  hour  fixed  by  the  rules  for  eating.  She 
shall  on  every  Monday  morning  make  a  list  of  the  College  articles 
sent  to  the  laundry  from  her  department,  and  on  their  return  see 
that  they  compare  with  the  list  so  kept,  and  report  to  the  Bursar 
missing  articles,  if  any.  She  shall  make  a  monthly  report  to  the 
President  of  the  College  as  to  the  condition  of  property  entrusted  to 
her  care 

Night  Watchman. 

i.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  night  watchman  to  commence  his 
rounds  at  such  hours  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  faculty,  and 
perform  his  duties  during  the  night  in  strict  accordance  therewith. 
He  shall  notice  disturbance  or  unusual  noise  in  the  rooms  occupied 
by  the  pupils  and  shall  immediately  inform  the  President  or  the 
presiding  Professor  of  the  same.  He  shall  in  like  manner  report 
all  violations  of  the  rules  of  the  College  which  may  come  under  his 
notice. 

Departments  and  Courses  of  Instructions. 

The  following  departments  are  established  : 

i.  First,  Agriculture.  Second,  Horticulture,  Arboriculture  and 
Botany.  Third,  Chemistry.  Fourth,  Physics.  Fifth,  Mechanics 
and  Applied  Mathematics.  Sixth,  Mathematics.  Seventh,  English. 
Eighth,  History.     Ninth,  Military  Science  and  Tactics. 

2.  In  the  Freshman  year  the  work  of  the  students  is  the  same. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  Junior  year  the  courses  are  elective  and 
the  student  choses  such  as  he  thinks  best  suited  to  his  plans  for  the 
future. 

Irregular  Work. 

I.  A  student  otherwise  qualified  may  be  allowed  to  elect  certain 
studies  from  the  regular  courses  already  provided  in  the  college  if 
no  inconvenience  result  to  members  of  the  regular  classes. 


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Sub-Freshman  Class. 

i.  A  Sub-Freshman  class  will  give  special  preparation  to  such 
young  men  as  are  unable  to  enter  the  Freshman  class  and  desire  a 
technical  education. 

2.  The  course  of  studies  for  Sub-Freshman  and  Irregulars  shall 
be  arranged  by  the  Faculty. 

3.  Any  student  desiring  to  enter  the  Sophomore  or  other  higher 
class,  omitting  the  earlier  classes,  will  be  required  to  stand  such 
examination  as  will  show  ample  preparation  for  such  higher  class 
as  he  may  wish  to  enter.  Applicants  for  entrance  in  Sophomore 
or  other  higher  class  must  be  at  least  15  years  of  age. 

Admission  and  Deportment  of  Students. 

1.  Applicants  for  the  Freshman  class  must  be  at  least  fourteen 
years  of  age,  and  must  furnish  evidence  of  good  moral  character 
and  physical  development;  must  understand  the  forms  and  rules 
of  the  English  language  fairly  well,  and  must  be  familar  with 
arithmetic,  including  its  practical  rules  through  fractions,  and  have 
a  fair  knowledge  of  geography  and  State  history. 

2.  For  admission  to  the  college  the  applicant  upon  arrival  must 
report  at  once  to  the  President  of  the  College  where  he  will  sign 
an  application  for  admission.  If  approved  by  the  President  he  will 
pass  on  to  the  physician  for  physical  examination.  This  being 
satisfactory  a  card  will  be  received  in  substance  as  follows  :     "Mr. 

has  passed  a  satisfactory  physical  examination, 

M.  D."     Then  to  the  Bursar's    office   where  payment  will  be  made, 

and  a  card  in  substance  received  as  follows  :     "Mr. has 

satisfied  all  requirements  of  this  office, Bursar."     Then 

the  entrance  examination   will  be   passed,    and  ii    satisfactory,  the 
applicant  will  report  to  the  secretary  of  the  faculty  for  registration, 

and  receive  a  card  in  substance  as    follows  :    "Mr has 

registered, Registrar."     (This  card  must  be   shown  tQ 

each  Professor,  and  instructor,  and  to  the  Librarian.) 

3.  To  become  a  student  on  irregular  standing  the  candidate  if 
he  be  not  21  years  of  age  must  exhibit  a  certificate  from  his  parent 
or  guardian  that  he  is  permitted  to  entar  on  such  terms. 

4.  Written  examinations  for  admission  into  the  Freshman  class 
shall  be  held  in  the  presence  of  a  majority  of  the  faculty  at  such  a 
time  as  they  shall  fix. 


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5.  The  faculty  are  authorized  in  all  cases  when  from  examina- 
tion reasonable  hope  shall  be  entertained  that  the  deficiency  can  be 
made  up,  to  admit  applicants  for  a  single  session  to  whom  regular 
standing  shall  be  awarded  at  the  end  of  that  time,  if  the  applicant 
shall  upon  examination  be  tound  entitled  to  it. 

6.  Every  student  shall  regularly  and  punctually  attend  the 
recitation  of  his  class  at  the  place  appointed,  at  the  ringing  of  the 
bell  to  give  him  notice.  He  is  not  to  be  at  the  door  of  the  recita- 
tion room,  nor  within  it,  nor  loitering  about  the  doors  or  passages 
of  the  building  before  such  notice  is  given.  His  professor  shall 
call  him  to  account  for  absence  or  delay,  or  neglect  of  preparation 
on  the  subjects  assigned,  and  shall  be  the  judge  of  his  excuse,  and 
if  a  good  reason  is  not  shown  for  the  delinquency  he  may  be  cited 
before  the  faculty  to  answer  for  it.  Whenever  absences  of  a  stu- 
dent other  than  those  occasioned  by  sickness  or  upon  permission, 
either  from  morning  or  evening  prayers  or  worship  in  the  chapel 
when  required,  shall  exceed  in  any  one  month  one-third  of  the 
whole  number  which  such  student  was  appointed  to  attend,  the 
fact  shall  be  reported  to  his  parent  or  guardian,  with  the  request 
that  he  shall  be  forthwith  withdrawn  from  the  College,  or  he  shall 
be  dismissed  or  suspended  at  the  discretion  of  a  majority  of  the 
faculty. 

Other  rules  relating  to  College  discipline  to  cover  deficiencies 
herein  may  be  made  by  the  faculty  when  the  exigencies  arise. 
They  shall  be  reported  to  the  Executive  Committee  or  Board  of 
Trustees  when  adopted. 

7.  Every  student  shall  observe  strict  propriety  of  conduct  at 
recitations  or  lectures.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  student  to  attend  ex- 
clusively to  the  subjects  as  they  proceed.  For  gross  or  persevering 
violations  of  these  rules  of  decorum  he  may  be  dismissed  from 
the  room. 

8.  No  student  shall  absent  himself  from  the  College  during  the 
session  without  permission  first  obtained  from  the  President  or 
presiding  Professor,  but  leave  of  absence  from  recitation  may  be 
granted  to  a  student  by  his  professor  or  instructor. 

9.  If  any  student  shall  be  habitually  indolent  or  absent  from 
prayers,  recitation,  or  at  any  other  time  when  it  shall  be  his  duty  to 
attend,  he  shall  be  subject  to  a  penalty  according  to  the  aggrava- 
tion of  the  offence, 

10.  No   student  without  permission  from  the  President  or  pre- 


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siding  Professor  shall  go  beyond  the    prescribed  limits  in   study 
hours,  or  at  any  other  time  when  the  bell  may  call  him  to  duty. 

ii.  A  student  shall  not  receive  visitors  in  his  room,  nor  shall 
he  visit  others  in  the  hours  of  study  without  leave  from  a  member 
of  the  faculty. 

12.  A  student  shall  not  disturb  nor  attempt  any  imposition  on 
any  of  his  fellow  students  ;  he  shall  preserve  order  and  decorum 
in  his  room,  and  shall  be  responsible  for  all  disorder  committed 
therein. 

13  At  all  times  the  students  shall  deport  and  express  them- 
selves respectfully  towards  the  faculty  and  every  member  of  it. 
Any  deficiency  in  this  duty  shall  be  considered  in  conflict  with  the 
rules  and  regulations  of  the  College  and  will  be  punished  accord- 
ingly. 

14.  All  games  of  hazard,  wagers  and  betting  are  strictly  forbid- 
den within  College  limits.  Students  guilty  of  intoxication  while 
connected  with  the  College  shall  be  dismissed.  Students  guilty  of 
profane  or  obscene  language  shall  be  punished  in  such  manner  as 
the  faculty  may  see  proper.  No  student  will  be  allowed  to  carry 
or  keep  in  possession  a  deadly  weapon  while  attending  the  College. 
Use  of  intoxicants  is  strictly  forbidden,  under  pain  of  severe  pun- 
ishment. 

15.  If  any  student  shall  be  sent  for  by  any  member  of  the 
faculty,  and  shall  fail  to  come,  he  sha]l  be  held  guilty  of  contempt 
of  authority  and  be  punished  accordingly. 

16.  On  the  Sabbath  the  students  must  attend  the  churches  in 
Greensboro,  subject  to  the  regulation  of  the  faculty,  whenever 
service  is  not  held  in  the  Chapel. 

17.  Each  occupant  of  the  dormitory  will  be  required  to  keep 
his  room  or  section  of  it  in  good  order  and  ready  for  inspection  at 
any  time. 

18.  The  College  is  unsectarian,  and  free  from  the  controlling 
influence  of  any  particular  denomination.  To  promote  moral 
training  and  inculcate  religious  principles  appropriate  services  of 
prayer  and  devotion  will  be  held  in  the  Chapel  morning  and  evening, 
and  the  visits  of  clergymen  of  all  denominations  to  the  College  will 
be  encouraged. 


Punishments. 
i.     First — Private  admonition  by  a  member  of  the  faculty. 

Second — Admonition  before  the  faculty  by  the  President,  or 
in  his  absence  by  the  presiding  professor,  or  any  member  whom 
the  faculty  shall  appoint. 

Third — Admonition  before  the  class  to  which  the  student 
belongs,  by  the  President,  or  in  his  absence  by  one  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  faculty. 

Fourth — Public  admonition  before  all  the  students. 

Fifth — Suspension  for  a  fixed  time  not  to  exceed  six  months. 

Sixth — Dismissal. 

Seventh — Expulsion,  which  punishment  shall  not  be  inflicted 
without  the  sanction  of  the  majority  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee or  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

2.  When  any  student  shall  be  suspended,  dismissed  or  expelled, 
the  President  or  presiding  professor  shall  address  a  letter  to  the 
parent  or  guardian  of  such  student  and  inform  him  of  the  event 
and  its  cause. 

3.  Any  student  who  shall  be  suspended  or  dismissed  by  the 
faculty  shall  depart  from  the  College  within  forty-eight  hours,  and 
shall  not  during  his  suspension  or  dismissal  return,  upon  liability 
of  change  of  sentence  into  that  of  expulsion. 

4.  When  a  student  shall  persist  in  habits  of  indolence  and 
neglect  of  collegiate  duties  or  disorderly  behaviour  so  that  there  is 
no  hope  of  reclaiming  him  to  the  habits  of  industry  and  order  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  President  or  presiding  professor  to  address 
a  letter  to  the  parent  or  guardian  of  such  student  and  state  the 
circumstances  and  advise  his  withdrawal  from  the  College,  pro- 
viding, however,  that  nothing  in  this  paragraph  shall  prevent  the 
faculty  from  suspending  any  such  student  when  the  same  shall 
appear  necessary. 

5.  Any  student  associating  with  or  keeping  company  with  anv 
person  expelled  from  the  College  shall  be  liable  to  such  punishment 
as  the  faculty  shall  think  proper  to  inflict,  not  inconsistent  with  the 
general  rules  and  regulations. 

6.  For  minor  offenses  not  herein  enumerated,  and  for  breaches 
of  discipline  where  no  specific  punishment  is  provided,  the  faculty 
or  any  member  thereof  in  whose  department  the  offending  student 
has  class  or  practice  work,  may  impose,  as  a  punishment,  a  task 
such  as  committing  to  memory,  or  doing  extra  class  or  practice 
work. 


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An  Act  to   Establish  an  Agricultural  and  Mechani- 
cal College  for  the  Colored   "Race. 

The  General  Assembly  of  North   Carolina  do  enactt: 

Section  i.  That  a  college  of  agriculture  and  mechanical  arts 
be  and  the  same  is  hereby  established  for  the  colored  race,  to  be 
located  at  some  eligible  site  within  this  State,  to  be  hereafter  se- 
lected by  the  Board  of  Trustees  hereinafter  provided  for. 

Sec  2.  That  the  said  institution  shall  be  denominated  "The 
Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  for  the  Colored  Race." 

Sec.  3.  That  the  leading  object  of  the  institution  shall  be  to 
teach  practical  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts  and  such 
branches  of  learning  as  relate  thereto,  not  excluding  academical 
and  classical  instruction. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  management  and  control  of  the  said  college 
and  the  care  and  preservation  of  all  its  property  shall  be  vested  in 
a  Board  of  Trustees,  who  shall  be  selected  by  the  General  Assem- 
bly at  each  term  thereof,  consisting  of  nine  members,  one  from 
each  of  the  several  congressional  districts  of  the  State,  three  of 
whom  shall  be  selected  for  a  term  of  two  years,  three  for  four 
years  and  three  for  six  years,  and  at  the  expiration  of  the  term  of 
each  class  their  successors  shall  be  elected  for  a  term  of  six  years. 
Any  vacancy  which  may  occur  for  any  cause  shall  be  filled  by  the 
Governor  for  the  unexpired  term.  That  the  said  Board  shall  elect 
one  of  their  number  to  be  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

Sec.  5.  That  the  said  Board  of  Trustees  shall  have  power  to 
prescribe  rules  lor  the  management  and  preservation  of  good 
order  and  morals  at  the  said  college  as  are  usually  made  in  such 
institutions;  shall  have  power  to  appoint  its  President,  instructors, 
and  as  many  other  officers  or  servants  as  to  them  shall  appear 
necessary  and  proper,  and  shall  fix  their  salaries,  and  shall  have 
charge  of  the  disbursement  of  the  funds,  and  have  general  and  en- 
tire supervision  of  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  the  said 
college,  and  the  President  and  instructors  in  the  said  college  by 
and  with  the  consent  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  have  the  power 
of  conferring  such  certificates  of  proficiency  or  marks  of  merit  and 
diplomas  as  are  usually  conferred  by  such  colleges. 

Sec.  6.  That  the  said  board  of  Trustees  are  empowered  to 
receive  any  donation  of  property,  real  or  personal,  which  maybe 
made  to  the  said  College  of  Agriculture  and   Mechanic   Arts,  and 


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shall  have  power  to  invest  or  expend  the  same  for  the  benefit  of 
said  college,  and  shall  have  power  to  accept  on  behalf  of  this  col- 
lege such  proportion  of  the  fund  granted  by  the  Congress  of  the 
United  States  to  the  State  of  North  Carolina  for  industrial  and 
agricultural  training  as  is  apportioned  to  the  colored  race. 

Sec.  7.  That  in  addition  to  the  powers  hereinbefore  granted, 
the  Board  of  Trustees  shall  have  power  to  make  siich  rules  and 
regulations  with  respect  to  the  admission  of  pupils  to  said  college 
for  the  various  congressional  districts  of  this  State  as  they  may 
deem  equitable  and  right,  having  due  regard  to  the  colored  popu- 
lation thereof. 

Sec.  8.  For  the  purpose  ot  locating  the  said  college  at  some  con- 
venient and  suitable  site  within  the  State,  the  said  Board  of  Trus- 
tees are  hereby  authorized  to  receive  propositions  from  the  various 
localities  of  this  State,  and  are  hereby  fully  empowered  to  accept 
any  proposition  which  to  them  may  seem  best  for  the  interests  ol 
the  State  and  for  carrying  out  the  purposes  of  this  act  according  to 
the  true  intent,  and  meaning  thereof. 

Sec.  9.  That  before  the  said  Board  of  Trustees  shall  finally 
accept  a  proposition  from  any  locality  for  the  establishment  of  the 
said  college  thereat,  they  shall  receive  a  deed  in  fee-simple  abso- 
lute to  them  and  their  successors  in  office  tor  all  lands,  buildings  or 
structures  donated  as  a  consideration  for  the  location  of  said 
college. 

Sec.  10.  That  for  the  purpose  of  carrying  out  the  provisions  of 
this  act  the  sum  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  is  hereby  annually 
appropriated  to  the  said  college,  and  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  is 
hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  pay  the  said  amount  out  of  any 
funds  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated  upon  the  warrant 
of  the  board  of  trustees  or  such  other  officer  or  officers  as  the  said 
board  may  designate. 

Sec.  11.  That  until  the  site  and  buildings  shall  have  been 
furnished  for  the  location  of  the  said  college,  the  said  Board  of 
Trustees  shall  have  power  to  make  temporary  provisions  for  the 
industrial  and  mechanical  education  of  the  colored  youth  of  the 
State  at  some  established  institution  of  learning  within  the  State, 
under  such  rules  and  regulations  as  they  may  prescribe. 

Sec.  12.  That  until  the  site  and  buildings  shall  have  been 
furnished  for  the  location  of  the  said  college  and  the  buildings  shall 
be  completed,  the  provisions  which  now  or   may   be  made  by  the 


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trustees  of  the  North  Carolina  College  of  Agriculture  and 
Mechanic  Arts  with  any  present  institution  of  learning  in  the  State 
shall  continue  ;  but  said  Trustees  shall  not  have  power  to  make 
such  arrangement  for  more  than  one  year  at  a  time,  but  when  said 
buildings  shall  have  been  completed  then  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
the  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  for  the  Colored  Race  shall 
have  all  the  right,  powers  and  privileges  of  the  said  Board  ot 
Trustees  of  the  North  Carolina  College  of  Agriculture  and 
Mechanic  Arts  over  any  and  all  funds  which  may  belong  or 
appertain  to  the  colored  race. 

Sec.  13.  That  the  Trustees  of  the  said  "Agricultural  and 
Mechanical  College  for  the  Colored  Race"  shall  be  entitled  to  the 
same  per  diem  and  mileage  as  compensation  for  attendance  upon 
the  meetings  of  said  Board,  as  are  now  allowed  by  the  law  to  the 
members  of  the  General  Assembly. 

Sec.  14.  That  this  act  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its 
ratification. 

Ratified  the  9th  day  of  March,  A.  D.(  1891. 


THE  LAND  GRANT   ACT   OF    1862   FOR  AGRICULTURAL 
COLLEGES— "THE  FIRST  MORRILL  ACT." 

AN  ACT  donating  public  lands  to  the  several  States  and  Territories  which  may 
provide  colleges  for  the  benefit  of  agriculture  and  mechanic  arts. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of 
the  United  States  of  America,  in  Congress  assembled,  That  there 
be  granted  to  the  several  States,  for  the  purposes  hereinafter  men- 
tioned, an  amount  of  public  land,  to  be  apportioned  to  each  State, 
a  quantity  equal  to  30,000  acres  for  each  Senator  and  Representa- 
tive in  Congress  to  which  the  States  are  respectively  entitled  by 
the  apportionment  under  the  census  of  i860  :  Provided,  That 
no  mineral  lands  shall  be  selected  or  purchased  under  the  pro- 
vision of  this  act. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  land  aforesaid, 
after  being  surveyed,  shall  be  apportioned  to  the  several  States  in 
sections  or  subdivisions  of  sections,  not  less  than  one  quarter  of  a 
section;  and  wherever  there  are  public  lands  in  a  State,  subject  to 
sale  at  private  entry  at  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  acre, 
the  quantity  to  which  said  State  shall  be    entitled  shall  be  selected 


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from  such  lands,  within  the  limits  of  such  State;  and  the  Secretary 
of  the  Interior  is  hereby  directed  to  issue  to  each  of  the  States,  in 
which  there  is  not  the  quantity  ot  public  lands  subject  to  sale  at 
private  entry,  at  one  dollar  and  twenty-five  cents  per  acre,  to  which 
said  State  may  be  entitled  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  land 
scrip  to  the  amount  in  acre  for  the  deficiency  of  its  distributive 
share  ;  said  scrip  to  be  sold  by  said  States,  and  the  proceeds 
thereof  applied  to  the  uses  and  purposes  prescribed  in  this  act,  and 
for  no  other  use  or  purpose  whatsoever  :  Provided,  That  in  no  case 
shall  any  State  to  which  land  scrip  may  thus  be  issued,  be  allowed 
to  locate  the  same  within  the  limits  of  any  other  State,  or  of  any 
Territory  of  the  United  States  ;  but  their  assignees  may  thus  locate 
said  land  scrip  upon  any  of  the  unappropriated  lands  of  the  United 
States  subject  to  sale  at  private  entry,  at  one  dollar  and  twenty-five 
cents,  or  less,  an  acre  :  And  Provided  further,  That  not  more 
than  one  million  acres  shal1  be  located  by  such  assignees  in  any 
one  of  the  States  :  And  provided  further ,  That  no  such  location 
shall  be  made  before  one  year  from  the  passage  of  this  act. 

Sec.  3.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  the  expenses  of 
management,  superintendence  and  taxes  from  date  of  selection  of 
said  lands,  previous  to  their  sales,  and  all  expenses  incurred  in  the 
management  and  disbursement  of  moneys  which  may  be  received 
therefrom,  shall  be  paid  by  the  States  to  which  they  may  belong, 
out  of  the  treasury  of  said  States,  so  that  the  entire  proceeds  of 
the  sale  of  said  lands  shall  be  applied,  without  any  diminution 
whatever,  to  the  purpose  hereinafter  mentioned. 

Sec.  4.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  moneys  derived 
from  the  sale  of  the  lands  aforesaid,  by  the  States  to  which  the 
lands  are  apportioned,  and  from  the  sales  of  land  scrip  hereinbe- 
fore provided  for,  shall  be  invested  in  stocks  of  the  United  States, 
or  of  the  States,  or  some  other  State  stocks,  yielding  not  less  than 
five  per  centum  upon  the  par  value  of  said  stocks  ;  and  that  the 
moneys  so  invested  shall  constitute  a  perpetual  fund,  the  capital 
of  which  shall  remain  forever  undiminished,  except  so  far  as  may 
be  provided  in  section  fifth  of  this  act,  and  the  interest  of  which 
shall  be  inviolably  appropriated,  by  each  State,  which  may  take 
and  claim  the  benefit  ot  this  act,  to  the  endowment,  support  and 
maintenance  of,  at  least,  one  college,  where  the  leading  object  shall 
be  without  excluding  other  scientific  and  classical  studies,  and  in- 
cluding military  tactics,  to  teach  such  branches  of  learning  as  are 


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related  to  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts,  in  such  manner  as 
the  Legislatures  of  the  States  may  respectfully  prescribe,  in  order 
to  promote  the  liberal  and  practical  education  of  the  industrial 
classes  in  the  several  pursuits  and  professions  of  life. 

Sec.  5.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  grant  of  land  and 
land  scrip  hereby  authorized  shall  be  made  on  the  following  con- 
ditions, to  which,  as  well  as  to  the  provisions  hereinbefore  con- 
tained, the  previous  assent  of  the  several  States  shall  be  signified 
by  Legislative  acts  : 

First,  If  any  portion  of  the  fund  invested,  as  provided  by  the 
foregoing  section,  or  any  portion  of  the  interest  thereon,  shall,  by 
any  action  of  contingency,  be  diminished  or  lost,  it  shall  be  re- 
placed by  the  State  to  which  it  belongs,  so  that  the  capital  of  the 
fund  shall  remain  forever  undiminished;  and  the  annual  interest 
shall  be  regularly  applied  without  diminution  to  the  purposes  men- 
tioned in  the  fourth  section  of  this  act,  except  that  a  sum,  not 
exceeding  ten  per  centum  upon  the  amount  received  by  any  State 
under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  may  be  expended  for  the  purchase 
of  lands  for  sites  or  experimental  farms  whenever  authorized  by 
the  respective  Legislatures  of  said  States; 

Second,  No  portion  of  said  fund,  nor  the  interest  thereon,  shall 
be  applied,  directly  or  indirectly,  under  any  pretense  whatever,  to 
the  purchase,  erection,  preservation  or  repair,  of  any  building  or 
buildings; 

Third,  Any  State  which  may  take  and  claim  the  benefit  of  the 
provisions  of  this  act  shall  provide,  within  five  years,  at  least  not 
less  than  one  college,  as  prescribed  in  the  fourth  section  of  this  act, 
or  the  grant  to  such  State  shall  cease;  and  said  State  shall  be  bound 
to  pay  the  United  States  the  amount  received  of  any  lands  previ- 
ously sold,  and  that  the  title  to  purchasers  under  the  State  shall  be 
valid; 

Fourth,  An  annual  report  shall  be  made  regarding  the  progress 
of  each  college,  recording  any  improvements  and  experiments 
made,  with  their  costs  and  results,  and  such  other  matters  includ- 
ing State  industrial  and  economical  statistics,  as  may  be  supposed 
useful;  one  copy  of  which  shall  be  transmitted  by  mail  free,  by 
each,  to  all  the  other  colleges  which  may  be  endowed  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  and  also  one  copy  to  the  Secretary  of  the  In- 
terior; 

Fifth,  When  lands  shall  be  selected  from  those  which  have  been 


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raised  to  double  the  minimum  price  in  consequence  of  railroad 
grants,  they  shall  be  computed  to  the  States  at  the  maximum  price, 
and  the  number  of  acres  proportionally  diminished; 

Sixth,  No  State,  while  in  a  condition  of  rebellion  or  insurrection 
against  the  government  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  entitled  to 
the  benefit  of  ihis  act; 

Seventh,  No  State  shall  be  entitled  to  benefits  of  this  act,  unless 
it  shall  express  its  acceptance  thereof  by  its  Legislature  within  two 
years  from  the  date  ot  its  approval  by  the  President. 

Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  land  scrip  issued  under 
the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  be  subject  to  location  until  after 
the  first  day  of  January,  1863. 

Sec.  7.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  land  officers  shall  re- 
ceive the  same  fees  for  locating  land  scrip  issued  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  as  is  now  allowed  for  the  location  of  military 
bountyland  warrants  under  existing  laws;  Provided,  That  maxi- 
mum compensation  shall  not  be  thereby  increased. 

Sec.  8.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Governors  of  the 
several  States  to  which  scrip  shall  be  issued  under  this  act  shall  be 
required  to  report  annually  to  Congress  all  sales  made  of  such  scrip 
until  the  whole  shall  be  disposed  of,  the  amount  received  for  the 
same,  and  what  appropriation  has  been  made  of  the  proceeds. 

Approved  July  2,  1862. 

ADDITIONAL    ENDOWMENT    ACT— "THE    SECOND 
MORRILL  ACT." 

[Fifty-first  Congress,  Session  1.  Chapter  841.  Aug.  20  1890  ] 

AN  ACT  to  apply  a  portion  of  the  proceed*  of  the  public  lands  to  the  more 
complete  endowment  and  support  of  the  colleg  s  for  the  benefit  of  agricul- 
ture and  the  meohani ■•■  arts  established  uade  •  the  provisions  of  an  act  of 
Congress  approved  July  second,  eighteen  hundred  and  six»y-cwo. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of 
the  United  States  of  America  in  Congress  Assembled,  That 
there  shall  be,  and  hereby  is,  annually  appropriated,  out  of  any 
money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  arising  from 
the  sale  of  public  lands,  to  be  paid  as  hereinafter  provided,  to  each 
State  and  Territory  for  the  more  complete  endowment  and  mainte- 
nance of  colleges  for  the  benefit  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic 
arts  now  established,  or  which  may  be   hereafter  established,  in 


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accordance  with  an  act  of  Congress  approved  July  second,  eigh- 
teen hundred  and  sixty-two,  the  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars  for 
the  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  and 
an  annual  increase  of  the  amount  of  such  appropriation  thereafter 
for  ten  years  by  an  additional  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  over 
the  preceding  year,  and  the  annual  amount  to  be  paid  thereafter 
to  each  State  and  Territory  shall  be  twenty-five  thousand  dollars 
to  be  applied  only  to  instruction  in  agriculture,  the  mechanic  arts 
the  English  language  and  the  various  branches  of  mathematical, 
physical,  natural  and  economic  science,  with  special  reference  to 
their  applications  in  the  industries  of  life,  and  to  the  facilities  for 
such  instruction:  Provided,  That  no  money  shall  be  paid  out  un- 
der this  act  to  any  State  or  Territory  for  the  support  and  mainte- 
nance of  a  college  where  a  distinction  ot  race  or  color  is  made  in 
the  admission  of  students,  but  the  establishment  and  maintenance 
of  such  colleges  separately  for  white  and  colored  students  shall  be 
held  to  be  a  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  if  the  funds 
received  in  such  State  or  Territory  be  equitably  divided  as  herein- 
after set  forth  :  Provided,  That  in  any  state  in  which  there  has 
been  one  college  established  in  pursuance  of  the  act  of  July  second, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty -two,  and  also  in  which  an  educational 
institution  of  like  character  has  been  established,  or  may  be  here- 
after established,  and  is  now  aided  by  such  state  from  its  own 
revenue,  for  the  education  of  colored  students  in  agriculture  and 
the  mechanic  arts,  however  named  or  styled,  or  whether  or  not  it 
has  received  money  heretofore  under  the  act  to  which  this  act  is 
an  amendment,  the  Legislature  of  such  State  may  propose  and 
report  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  a  just  and  equitable  division 
of  the  fund  to  be  received  under  this  act  between  one  college  for 
white  students  and  one  institution  for  colored  students  established 
as  aforesaid,  which  shall  be  divided  into  two  parts  and  paid 
accordingly,  and  thereupon  such  institution  lor  colored  students 
shall  be  entitled  to  the  benefits  of  this  act  and  Subject  to  its  pro- 
visions, as  much  as  it  would  have  been  if  it  had  been  included  un- 
der the  act  of  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  and  the  fulfillment 
of  the  foregoing  provisions  shall  be  taken  as  a  compliance  with  the 
provision  in  reference  to  separate  colleges  for  white  and  colored 
students. 

.Sec.  2.     That  the  sums  hereby  appropriated   to   the  States  and 
Territories   for   the   further   endowment  and   support  of  colleges 


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shall  be  annually  paid  on  or  before  the  thirty-first  day  of  July  of 
each  year,  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  upon  the  warrant  of 
the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  out  of  the  Treasury  of  the  United 
States,  to  the  State  or  Territorial  Treasurer,  or  to  such  officer  as 
shall  be  designated  by  the  laws  of  such  State  or  Territory  to  receive 
the  same,  who  shall,  upon  the  order  of  the  trustees  of  the  college, 
or  the  institution  for  colored  students,  immediately  pay  over  said 
sums  to  the  treasurers  of  the  respective  colleges  or  other  institu- 
tions entitled  to  receive  the  same,  and  such  treasurers  shall  be  re- 
quired to  report  to  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  and  to  the  Secretary 
of  the  Interior,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  September  of  each 
year,  a  detailed  statement  of  the  amount  so  received  and  of  its 
disbursement.  The  grants  of  moneys  authorized  by  this  act  are 
made  subject  to  the  legislative  assent  of  the  several  States  and 
Territories  to  the  purpose  of  said  grants:  Provided,  That  pay- 
ments of  such  installments  of  the  appropriation  herein  made  as 
shall  become  due  to  any  state  before  the  adjournment  of  the  regu- 
lar session  of  the  Legislature  meeting  next  after  the  passage  of  this 
act  shall  be  made  upon  the  assent  of  the  Governor  thereof,  duly 
certified  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

Sec.  3.  That  if  any  portion  of  the  moneys  received  by  the  officer 
of  the  State  or  Territory  for  the  further  and  more  complete  endow- 
ment, support,  and  maintenance  of  colleges,  or  of  institutions  for 
colored  students,  as  provided  in  this  act,  shall,  by  any  action,  or 
contingency,  be  diminished  or  lost,  or  be  misapplied,  it  shall  be 
replaced  by  the  State  or  Territory  to  which  it  belongs,  and  until  so 
replaced  no  subsequent  appropriation  shall  be  apportioned  or  paid 
to  such  State  or  Territory  ;  and  no  portion  of  said  moneys  shall  be 
applied,  directly  or  indirectly,  under  any  pretense  whatever,  to  the 
purchase,  erection,  preservation,  or  repair  of  any  building  or  build- 
ings. An  annual  report  by  the  President  of  each  of  said  colleges 
shall  be  made  to  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  as  well  as  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Interior,  regarding  the  condition  and  progress  of 
each  college,  including  statistical  information  in  relation  to  its 
receipts  and  expenditures,  its  library,  the  number  of  its  students 
and  professors,  and  also  as  to  any  improvements  and  experiments 
made  under  the  direction  of  any  experiment  station  attached  to 
said  colleges,  with  their  costs  and  results,  and  such  other  indus- 
trial and  economical  statistics  as  may  be  regarded  as  useful,  one 
copy  of  which  shall  be  transmitted  by  mail  free  to  all  other  colleges 
further  endowed  under  this  act. 


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Sec.  4.  That  on  or  before  the  first  day  oFTuly  in  each  year,  after 
the  passage  of  this  act,  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  shall  ascertain 
and  certify  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  as  to  each  State  and 
Territory  whether  it  is  entitled  to  receive  its  share  of  the  annual 
appropriation  for  colleges,  or  of  institutions  for  colored  students, 
under  this  act,  and  the  amount  which  thereupon  each  is  entitled, 
respectfully,  to  receive.  If  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  shall  with- 
hold a  certificate  from  any  State  or  Territory  of  its  appropriation 
the  facts  and  reasons  therefor  shall  be  reported  to  the  President, 
and  the  amount  involved  shall  be  kept  separate  in  the  treasury 
until  the  close  of  the  next  Congress,  in  order  that  the  State  or  Ter- 
ritory may,  if  it  should  so  desire,  appeal  to  Congress  from  the  de- 
termination of  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior.  If  the  next  Congress 
shall  not  direct  such  sum  to  be  paid  it  shall  be  covered  into  the 
treasury.  And  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  is  hereby  charged  with 
the  proper  administration  of  this  law. 

Sec.  5.  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  shall  annually  report 
to  Congress  the  disbursements  which  have  been  made  in  all  the 
States  and  Territories,  and  also  whether  the  appropriation  of  any 
State  or  Territory  has  been  withheld,  and  if  so,  the  reason  therefor. 

Sec.  6.  Congress  may  at  any  time  amend,  suspend,  or  repeal 
any  or  all  of  the  provisions  of  this  act. 


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DAILY  SCHEDULE  FOR  STUDENTS. 

Rising  Signal 6:00  a.  m. 

Dressing  and  Arranging  Rooms 6:00  to  6:30     " 

Prayers  : ". 6:30  to  7:00     " 

Study 7:00  to  8:15.    " 

Breakfast . 8:15  to  8:45     "- 

Class  Work 8 145  to  1  :oo  p.  m. 

Dinner 1:00  to  2:oo     " 

Class  and   General  Work 2:00  to  4:00     " 

Recreation 4:00  to  6:00     " 

Supper '.' 6:00  to  6:30     " 

Study, 6:30  to  9:30     " 

Prayers 9:30  to  9:45     '* 

Retiring  Signal .   9:45  u 

Lights  Out.,, .    10:00  " 

Hours  for  rising,  prayers,  eating  and  retiring,  same  on 
Sunday  as  College  work  days. 


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COM  TENTS. 


Act  of  Legislature * 18 

Admission  of  Students 14 

Bursar -7 

Duties  of 10 

Class,  Sub-Freshman 14 

Committees,  Standing 3 

"        "    Executive,  Duties  of 6 

"    Finance,  Duties  of 6 

"    Buildings  and  Grounds,  Duties  of 6 

Congress,  Endowment  Acts  of 20 

Departments  of  College 13 

Deportment  of  Students 14 

Faculty,  Duties  of. ...... .. 8 

Librarian 12 

Matron 12 

Officers  of  Board  of  Trustees 2 

Order  of  Business— Board  of  Trustees 8 

President  of  College,  Duties  of. 9 

President  of  Board  of  Trustees,  Duties  of 6 

Punishments    17 

Rules  and  Regulations  of  College 8 

Schedule  of  Student's  Daily  Duties 27 

Secretary,  Duties  of 7 

Students  Regulations. .' ' 14 

Students,  Irregular 13 

Steward 7 

'«        Duties  of ,  11 

Treasurer,  Duties  of 7 

Trustees,  Meetings  of '. 5 

Watchman 13 


